Basketball
Boys hoops season starting up
It’s time for local high school boys basketball teams to hoop it up this Thanksgiving holiday, with multiple teams taking the court for the first time this season. Waterloo is…
Read MoreGirls hoops season tips off
The high school girls basketball season got going this week with a pair of local tip-off tournaments. Columbia opened its 13th annual tip-off classic in style on Monday, winning 51-27…
Read MoreRueter to coach college hoops
Northeastern State University announced the hiring of Jacob Rueter to the staff as an assistant coach for its men’s basketball team. NSU, located in Tahlequah, Okla., competes in NCAA Division…
Read MoreR-T All-Local Girls Hoops Team
The local high school girls basketball scene featured plenty of memorable achievements, with new records set and other milestones. Here’s the R-T All-Local Girls Hoops Team: FIRST TEAM Norah Gum,…
Read MoreNew Gibault girls hoops coach
Dakota Street was recently named head coach of the Gibault Catholic High School girls varsity basketball team. Street brings a decade of coaching experience to Gibault, serving as an assistant…
Read MoreAll-Local Boys Hoops Team
For the first time in history, a Monroe County high school won a state championship in boys basketball. That was the highlight of an impressive winter overall for local high…
Read MoreCHS grad coaches national champs
A former Columbia High School hoops standout is sharing her knowledge of the game as an assistant coach for a national champion collegiate basketball squad. Hannah Varel, a 2011 CHS…
Read MoreGibault wins first state hoops title
History was made Saturday in the State Farm Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign. The Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team defeated Scales Mound, 65-45, to capture…
Read MoreAll-state kudos for local hoopsters
Three local high school seniors received state honors for their accomplishments on the court this winter. Fresh off a state championship run, Gibault Catholic High School seniors Kaden Augustine and…
Read MoreHawks to play for state title Saturday
The amazing season continues for the Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team, and will conclude Saturday in the IHSA Class 1A state final. Twenty-four years since the school’s last…
Read MoreAll-state kudos for Gum, Jany
Two legendary local high school girls basketball standouts received state recognition last week for their performances this season. Waterloo High School senior Norah Gum, who is one of the top…
Read MoreHawks to state on wing and a prayer
Break out the Champaign. The Gibault Catholic High School boys basketball team trailed much of the game Monday night against Illini Bluffs, but a buzzer beater by Kameron Hanvey gave…
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